Placental mitochondrial respiratory function of native Tibetan at high altitude

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 87, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 894-897

  Zhao, Xiu Xin ^a   Gao, Wen Xiang ^b   Gao, Yu Qi ^b   Suo, Lang ^b   Chen, Jian ^b  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Altitude; Mitochondria; Oxidative phosphorylation; Placenta; Zang nationality

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; IMMIGRANT; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOCHONDRION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTA WEIGHT;

ALTITUDE; CELL RESPIRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PLACENTA; TIBET;

EID: 34250827045     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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